Full Plans Application Guidance Notes.
The applicant is the person on whose behalf
the work is being carried out, e.g. the building's owner.
Two copies of this notice should be completed
and submitted with plans and particulars in duplicate in accordance
with the provisions of Building Regulation 14.
Subject to certain exceptions where
Part B (Fire Safety) imposes a requirement in relation
to proposed building work, two further copies of plans which
demonstrate compliance with the requirements should be
deposited.
Subject to certain exceptions a Full Plans
Submission attracts charges payable by the person by whom or on
whose behalf the work is to be carried out. Most charges are
payable in two stages. The first charge must accompany the deposit
of plans and the second charge is payable after the first site
inspection of work in progress. The second charge is a single
payment in respect of the relevant work to cover all site visits
and consultations, which may be necessary, until it is
satisfactorily completed.
Subject to certain provisions of the Public
Health Act 1936 owners and occupiers of premises are entitled to
have their private foul and surface water drains and sewers
connected to the public sewers, where available. Special
arrangements apply to trade effluent discharge. Persons wishing to
make such connections muse give not less than 21 days notice to the
appropriate authority.
Premises currently designated for the purpose
of the Fire Regulatory
Reform Order are;
- Premises within the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding
Houses) Order 1972.
- Premises within the Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops
and Railway Premises) Order 1989.
- A workplace defined in Regulation 17(3) (a) of the Fire
Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 i.e. any premises, not
being domestic premises, used for an employers undertaking (N.B.
there are exceptions).
Section 16 of the Building Act 1984 provides
for the passing of plans subject to conditions. The conditions may
specify modifications to the deposited plans and/or that further
plans shall be deposited.
Persons proposing to carry out building work
or make a material change of use of a building are reminded that
permission may be required under the Town and Country Planning
Acts.
Further information and advice concerning the Building
Regulations and planning matters may be obtained from your local
authority.
Click here to download Full Plans Application Form and guidance
notes.
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